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![Richmond mother Kathleen Leopold (from left) hugs her daughter Zoe Hadjaissa, 8, while playing outside with her other children Lily, 10, Sam, 15, and Oscar Hadjaissa, 13. Leopold has four children, three of whom are autistic. Leopold recently had one of her stories published in a "Chicken Soup" book. She also blogs about her life as a mom to several children with autism.](http://bangordailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10002181_H12770567-480x320.jpg "Richmond mother Kathleen Leopold (from left) hugs her daughter Zoe Hadjaissa, 8, while playing outside with her other children Lily, 10, Sam, 15, and Oscar Hadjaissa, 13. Leopold has four children, three of whom are autistic. Leopold recently had one of her stories published in a "Chicken Soup\" book. She also blogs about her life as a mom to several children with autism.")
‘We would like to have a job’: Stress increases for laid-off Great Northern Paper mill workers
44 mins ago EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — As the owners of a local paper mill negotiate with their electricity supplier on a revenue-sharing agreement and ponder whether to …
‘Our lives are not tragedies’: Richmond mom raising awareness of autism
RICHMOND, Maine — Kathleen Leopold is first and foremost a mother of four children. Three of them have autism spectrum disorders. To raise awareness and …
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Nine new LePage vetoes include lawmakers’ changes to his mining and educator evaluation rules
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed teacher evaluation rules that have been under development for more than two years as well as a bill …
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Head-on crash kills Massachusetts couple in Waldoboro on Friday afternoon
WALDOBORO, Maine — A Massachusetts couple was killed in a …
NOTES FROM A CORNER OF THE COUNTRY (blog)
“Checks and balances” are misused, paralyze government
The checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution and state …75 years after ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ we need a Ma Joad in Washington
After its publication 75 years ago this month, “The Grapes …
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